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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2017-11-29 19:33:24 +0000
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Breakpoints in symbols with ABI tags (PR c++/19436)
Trying to set a breakpoint in a function with an ABI tag does not work currently. E.g., debugging gdb itself, we see this with the "string_printf" function: (top-gdb) b string_print [TAB] (top-gdb) b string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...) [RET] No source file named string_printf[abi. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) Quoting doesn't help: (top-gdb) b 'string_printf[abi:cxx11]'(char const*, ...) malformed linespec error: unexpected string, "(char const*, ...)" (top-gdb) b 'string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...)' No source file named string_printf[abi. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) n This patch fixes this, and takes it a bit further. The actual symbol name as demangled by libiberty's demangler is really string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...) however, this patch makes it possible to set the breakpoint with string_printf(char const*, ...) too. I.e., ignoring the ABI tag. And to match, it teaches the completer to complete the symbol name without the ABI tag, i.e., "string_pri<TAB>" -> "string_printf(char const*, ...)" If however, you really want to break on a symbol with the tag, then you simply start writing the tag, and GDB will preserve it, like: "string_printf[a<TAB>" -> "string_printf[abi:cxx11](char const*, ...)" Grows the gdb.linespec/ tests like this: -# of expected passes 8977 +# of expected passes 9176 gdb/ChangeLog: 2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR c++/19436 * NEWS: Mention setting breakpoints on functions with C++ ABI tags. * completer.h (completion_match_for_lcd) <match, mark_ignored_range>: New methods. <finish>: Consider ignored ranges. <clear>: Clear ignored ranges. <m_ignored_ranges, m_finished_storage>: New fields. * cp-support.c (cp_search_name_hash): Ignore ABI tags. (cp_symbol_name_matches_1, cp_fq_symbol_name_matches): Pass the completion_match_for_lcd pointer to strncmp_iw_with_mode. (test_cp_symbol_name_cmp): Add [abi:...] tags unit tests. * language.c (default_symbol_name_matcher): Pass the completion_match_for_lcd pointer to strncmp_iw_with_mode. * linespec.c (linespec_lexer_lex_string): Don't tokenize ABI tags. * utils.c (skip_abi_tag): New function. (strncmp_iw_with_mode): Add completion_match_for_lcd parameter. Handle ABI tags. * utils.h (strncmp_iw_with_mode): Add completion_match_for_lcd parameter. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR c++/19436 * gdb.linespec/cpls-abi-tag.cc: New file. * gdb.linespec/cpls-abi-tag.exp: New file. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2017-11-29 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> PR c++/19436 * gdb.texinfo (Debugging C Plus Plus): Document setting breakpoints in functions with ABI tags.
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@@ -15128,6 +15128,49 @@ the same notation that is used to declare such symbols in C@t{++}: type
also use the @value{GDBN} command-line word completion facilities to list the
available choices, or to finish the type list for you.
@xref{Completion,, Command Completion}, for details on how to do this.
+
+@item @r{Breakpoints in functions with ABI tags}
+
+The GNU C@t{++} compiler introduced the notion of ABI ``tags'', which
+correspond to changes in the ABI of a type, function, or variable that
+would not otherwise be reflected in a mangled name. See
+@url{https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2015/02/05/gcc5-and-the-c11-abi/}
+for more detail.
+
+The ABI tags are visible in C@t{++} demangled names. For example, a
+function that returns a std::string:
+
+@smallexample
+std::string function(int);
+@end smallexample
+
+@noindent
+when compiled for the C++11 ABI is marked with the @code{cxx11} ABI
+tag, and @value{GDBN} displays the symbol like this:
+
+@smallexample
+function[abi:cxx11](int)
+@end smallexample
+
+You can set a breakpoint on such functions simply as if they had no
+tag. For example:
+
+@smallexample
+(gdb) b function(int)
+Breakpoint 2 at 0x40060d: file main.cc, line 10.
+(gdb) info breakpoints
+Num Type Disp Enb Address What
+1 breakpoint keep y 0x0040060d in function[abi:cxx11](int)
+ at main.cc:10
+@end smallexample
+
+On the rare occasion you need to disambiguate between different ABI
+tags, you can do so by simply including the ABI tag in the function
+name, like:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) b ambiguous[abi:other_tag](int)
+@end smallexample
@end table
@node Decimal Floating Point